EXERCISE - SIMPLE PRESENT vs. PRESENT CONTINUOUS

 

 

Conjugate the verbs in parentheses:

 

1.

We                          right now, so we'll call you back later.

(eat)

2.

Usually they                         us in front of the theater.

(meet)

3.

She                         three cats and a dog.

(have)

4.

"We                         at an altitude of 25,000 feet," the pilot announced.

(fly)

5.

He                         always late.

(be)

6.

The baby                         .

(sleep)

7.

"You                       too fast - slow down!"

(drive)

8.

I                        my money under my mattress.

(keep)

9.

She                         fashionably all the time.

(dress)

10.

They                         in the same class as me.

(be)

11.

I                         I will go to Florida next sum­mer.

(think)

12.

I am fired?! You                        , I hope!

(joke)

13.

There                         6 people in my family.

(be)

14.

Yes, yes, you can borrow $5.  Now you                        me $55 in total.

(owe)

15.

I can't come right now because I                         the lawn mower.

(fix)

16.

He                          to reach the top of the moun­tain before dark.

(try)

17.

The sun                          down earlier in the winter.

(go)

18.

I                          the same book as you.

(read)

19.

We                          our dinner right now!

(want)

20.

The service here                       !

(stink)

 

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